Boy dog question...

**Freedom** · 08-10-2009, 10:30 AM

The sooner they are fixed, the better chance this will NOT continue.

If it does continue, just use a belly band when he is in the house. Piece of fabric, velcro closure, line with a Poise pad. Very common with bichons.
www.pawstoadmire.com offers some great belly bands, at a super price. AND you will see pics of my bichons in her gallery!

**4 Dog Mother** · 08-10-2009, 12:28 PM

It really depends on the dog. All of ours were fixed early but some of them just had to mark a chair in our house and in Amy's. But once they marked one they didn't do it again. Crazy male dogs!

**jenluckenbach** · 08-10-2009, 03:58 PM

Many intact males mark territory. MOST neutered males don't. And, as expected, there are exceptions on both sides of the argument.

But NOT getting him neutered is a sure-fire way to guarrentee the marking WON'T stop.

So, get him neutered, and the odds will be in your favor that the marking will stop AND you will be helping his health, calming his desire to mate (which leads to attempted escape), and totally preventing an accidental litter from being born.